Greene: Tulsa Crucial To An #OK2014 Victory
Wayne Greene: Tulsa County GOP voters crucial in U.S. Senate race
By WAYNE GREENE, World Editorial Pages Editor
The smart money says Tulsa County is going to be crucial in determining the state’s new U.S. senator.
The race to succeed Sen. Tom Coburn essentially will be decided by Republican voters, and Tulsa has the biggest concentration of those up for grabs in the race.
The intriguing point is that most Tulsans only know the two leading contenders from afar.
U.S. Rep. James Lankford is the fifth-ranking member of the House Republican caucus. He represents the Oklahoma City-based Fifth District.
State Rep. T.W. Shannon is the former speaker of the Oklahoma House. He’s from Lawton.
They’re both attractive conservative candidates with good stories to tell and lots of funding in their campaigns and more trying to help from the outside.